Abandonware DOS title

The most popular fixed screen 2D games

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Redhook's Revenge

DOS1993 ImagiSoft
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Aldo's Assault

DOS1991
Think of Aldo's Assault as what happens when Mario forgets his plumber license and joins a bootleg army. This 1991 DOS gem throws you into a side-scrolling frenzy of ladders, barrels, and the kind of platforming logic that predates physics. Aldo, a man of questionable fashion sense and unclear motives, must survive wave after wave of hazards that s...
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Subhunt

DOS1997
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Zyconix

DOS1992protected Miracle games
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves how you expect it to, and that’s half the fun. Blocks come in weird shapes, fall in strange ways, and the rules are just shy of being written in invisible ink. But ...
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Magnetic Crane

DOS1989
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Mine Shaft

DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
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Popcorn

DOS1988freeware Lacral Software
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Antix

DOS1985remake
Antix (1985) is Snake, but with a death wish. Created by the same mad genius behind Tetris, this game takes the familiar snake-trail mechanic and cranks it to eleven. You’ve got to avoid walls, your own tail, and existential dread as the speed ramps up with every delicious dot you eat. One wrong turn and it’s game over — no power-...
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Power Struggle

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
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QBasic Nibbles

DOS1991freeware Microsoft
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
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Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998
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Westphaser

DOS1989 Loriciels
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions
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Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International
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Kangaroo

DOS1982
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
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Swap

DOS1992 Microids
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Williams Arcade Classics

DOS1995 Digital Eclipse Software
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Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/951992 Moraffware
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Math Circus

DOS1993
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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Blort!

DOS1987 Hennsoft
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Nyet

DOS1988freeware
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Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun

DOS1989 Gray Matter
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Zoop

DOS1995 Hookstone
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises